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How to Say ‘Did you write the application form?’ in Japanese

申請書は書きましたか。

shinsei sho wa kaki mashi ta ka

[SHEEN-say show wah kah-KEE mah-shee tah kah]

💬 Usage Tip: は here is said (wa), not (ha). It marks 申請書 "application form" as the topic: "as for the form, did you write it?"

Phrase Breakdown

申請書は

shinsei sho wa

the application form (topic)

申請書 (shinseisho) means 'application form'. The particle は is pronounced 'wa' here and marks the topic.

Example

申請書はここにあります。

The application form is here.

Words in this phrase

申請

shinsei

[SHEEN-say]

application; request

A formal request submitted for approval.

Example

申請が通りました。

The application was approved.

書

sho

[show]

document; writing

Suffix meaning a written document or form.

Example

申請書を書きます。

I write the application form.

は

[wah]

topic marker

は marks the topic of the sentence.

Example

空席はありますか。

Are there any seats available?

書きましたか。

kaki mashi ta ka

did you fill it out?

This is a polite past-tense question. Raise your pitch slightly on the final か.

Example

メールを書きましたか。

Did you write the email?

Words in this phrase

書き

kaki

[kah-KEE]

write (stem)

Masu-stem of 書く, to write.

Example

毎日日記を書きます。

I write a diary every day.

まし

mashi

[mah-shee]

polite past stem

Part of the polite past ending in a verb phrase.

Example

昨日は多くのことを学びました。

I learned many things yesterday.

た

[tah]

past tense ending

This ending completes the polite past tense form.

Example

空席がございました。

There were vacant seats.

か

[kah]

question marker

Placed at the end of a sentence to make it a question.

Example

A席はありますか。

Are there A seats available?

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